http://www.telegraphindia.com Darjeeling, Kurseong, Kalimpong, Jan. 24: The entire Darjeeling hills shut down today because of the dawn-to-dusk strike called by the Gorkha Janmukti Morcha to demand the arrest of I.N. Pradhan, a GNLF leader from Kurseong. Pradhan, who is accused of firing at Morcha supporters in Ghayabari on Tuesday night, is still missing. Police had …
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http://www.telegraphindia.com Jan. 21: Supporters of the Gorkha Janmukti Morcha today burnt copies of the Darjeeling Gorkha Hill Council Accord of 1988 even as Bimal Gurung, the party president, warned against granting another extension to Subash Ghisingh as the DGHC administrator. Hundreds of people joined Gurung at Chowrastha in Darjeeling at precisely 11.19am. The Morcha chief …
http://www.telegraphindia.com Siliguri, Jan. 18: Mira Kumari Rai of Kalimpong remembers her son Roshan with pride. Roshan, a rifleman with the Gorkha Rifles, was awarded the posthumous Sena Medal, a gallantry award, for killing a terrorist and saving a colleague before dying in a gun fight in the Kupwara district of Jammu and Kashmir on November …
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-Dr. Sonam B Wangyal In the 1864-65 Anglo-Bhutan War the British stretched the Bhutanese troops by opening up multiple fronts along the length of the Bhutan border. However, unlike the Sikkim operation where the Rangeet was bridged, the Tista was not spanned and the battle was fought a good distance away from today’s Kalimpong town. …
It gives me great pleasure to report that we will be featuring articles and essays by Dr. Sonam B. Wangyal. Dr. Wangyal is the author of two books about the Darjeeling Hills: 'Sikkim and Darjeeling: Division and Deception' (2002, KMT Press, Bhutan) and 'Footprints in the Himalayas: People, Places and Practices' (2006, KMT Press, Bhutan). …
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